Improvement in cord-guides for curtain-rollers



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

TIMOTHY NOONAN, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO M. R.

GATELY AND TIMOTHY NOONAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORD-GUIDES FOR CURTAIN-ROLLERS.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,889, datedFebruary 1, 1876; application filed February 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY NOONAN, of Boston, in the county of Sufl'olkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvernents inCurtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification In theaccompanying drawing, to which .reference is made, forming part of thisspecification, the figure represents a perspective view of my invention.

This invention has forits object to provide cheap and simple means forguiding the cord of a curtain-roller in such manner as to prevent saidcord from slipping from the groove or grooved pulley on the end of theroller becoming entangled in the bearing, and thus I ,roller, B thegrooved pulley, O the cord, and

D one of the brackets, these'parts being of the usual construction, withthe exception of the bracket, which is provided with an extension, D,having a tapped orifice in its end. E is a threaded rod or stem, adaptedto be screwed into the tapped end of the extension D in a positionsubstantially parallel with the roller A. On one end of the rod E is aloop, E, preferably formed by bending the rod, as shown, although it maybe formedby any suitable means. The loop E is provided with an openportion, through which the cord may he slipped into said loop. The stemE is so adj usted in the bracket as to cause the loop E to project fromthe bracket as far as the groove B, and the cord 0, passing through saidloop, is guided thereby into the groove when the curtain is being pulleddown, and out of it when the curtain is being rolled up.

It will thus be seen that the liability of the cord slipping laterallyfrom the groove and becoming entangled between the end of the roller andthe bracket, thus rendering the curtain inoperative, and often requiringthe removal of the roller from the brackets, is entirely obviated by myneat and simple device.

The adjustability of the rod E, by screwing it into and out of theextension D, adapts the device to different styles of roller andourtain, and the open loop enables the cord to be readily inserted withremoving the tassel;

The'bracket D may be constructed in any suitable manner to receivethe'screw-rod E, and, if desired, the extension D may be dispensed with,and the rod, bent so as to bring" its loop into the proper position, maybe screwed directly into the bracket.

I claim as my invention The threaded rod E, adjustable longitudinally ofthe curtain-roller, and having the open loop E, adapted to receive andguide the cord of a curtain, in combination with the bracket D, havingthe extension I), in which 4 is a threaded'orifice adapted to receivethe threaded end of the rod E, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

